stewarty
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I am, although I understand what you are saying. The league cup does not have the same stature as the Scottish Cup and has no route to European football. I would be prepared to write it off to give young players a shot. If we want to attract and retain the best young players, there has to be the incentive of first team football. This gives them something to work for, and gives the club an opportunity to see what they can do. Perhaps the solution could be to have say, 4 or 5 regular experienced pros, but 6 or 7 young players starting the match. (ETA) Much like what Frankie has proposed
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A home draw against a minnow would be good. Give some youngsters and the fringe players (both of them!) some game time and an opportunity to impress. Also, a wee pay day for the minnows... Also, I would even go as far as to say we should play the youngsters for as long as we are in the competition. We need to see what they are capable of, and that includes against better teams should they make it into the later rounds.
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Rangers 2 - 1 St Johnstone: Player Ratings and MoM Poll
stewarty replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
I wouldn't say that he is being played out of position. As is always the case with wide players, they can often switch wings quite effectively. He appears to be right footed and therefore likely to cut in from the left, but I think the biggest problem was the lack of support he was being given by his team-mates - none of whom seemed to be within 25 yards when he needed them. -
Rangers 2 - 1 St Johnstone: Player Ratings and MoM Poll
stewarty replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
Yep, I would give it to Weiss too. Definately the most dangerous player on the pitch, even if our pedestrian passing and lack of movement didn't allow us to take full advantage. We need to be feeding him the ball much earlier to reduce the number of times defences are able to double up on him. We also need players to be much quicker in providing support. There's no point in passing to him when he's already double marked, but with no-one offering themselves up in a bit of space to give him the option of a give-and-go or a one-two that could enable him to use his pace and get past the defenders. One slight negative on Weiss was that he was too obvious in cutting onto his right foot. The St Johnstone defence were able to read him fairly easily in the end, especially as they had two men marking him for the most part. -
Based on current form itsMcCulloch for me. Slotted back into the team well yesterday whilst Edu hasn't quite got his sharpness back after his world cup exploits.
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Stokes? Jeezo, what next? A triumphant return to Scottish football for Aiden McGeady as he walks up the marble staircase?
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Hopefully they released him on a free and paid up his contract...
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Lennon appears to be trying to copy Walter Smith's approach when he resumed control at Ibrox for his second stint as manager. He identified that the squad was light in numbers and began bringing in a number of squad fillers, many of whom have now moved on and never really played, if at all. The difference is, Smith has the guile necessary to build a team, fashioned over decades of experience. Lennon has none of that and his scattergun approach of a signing policy cannot continue without putting Celtic into a debt situation akin to ours (albeit we 'appear' to be recovering from the worst of it). Liewell must be shitting it
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But as Calscot alludes to, you can pick out stats in isolation to prove a point, but they aint that bad relatively speaking given the financial restrictions of playing in the SPL. (ETA - Calscot got in with a similar point first!)
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How much more has actually been invested in the squad though? Say we raked in �£4m in fees for the sales of Wilson and Thomson - that covers the fee for Jelavic. We've spent �£1.5m on Beatttie and have no doubt paid a loan fee for Weiss. Given that 7 player's wages are off the books in the summer as well as Mendes in January, surely that covers any/all of the wages we're now paying for the 3 players brought in. Smith has said publicly that there is unlikely to be any cash for more signings. Without the exact figures we can't say for certain, but I would be suprised if our net spend is anything more than a couple of million. Sure its great to see some new players in the squad, exciting ones in the case of Weiss, but I don't think the renewed optimism they bring should cloud the fact there are a number of questions hanging over our finances, business plans and ownership of the club.
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Smith has already said publicly that there is a risk he might not be available for the CL should Vienna progress in the Europa League; and that this was a risk they were prepared to take. So I would be surprised, nay, shocked if wabash's suspicion was true.
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I would be very surprised if indeed we have not yet applied for his work permit.
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A wee bump for Leggo's blog. Was catching up on it last night and its worth adding to your reading list!
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I may not have thought it when Boyd was in the process of leaving, but Miller for me. Boyd's goals contributed largely to our domestic success and didn't seem to miss a lot of games with injury as compared to Miller. However, Miller contributes more in terms of work-rate and seems to be stepping up to the plate in terms of goal scoring, coupled with the signings of Jelavic and Beattie, with whom I reckon he can form effective partnerships given time.
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It appears that Weir and Levein had an agreement that he would only be called up to play if he was guaranteed to be starting the game. I'm a Scotland fan and I want the best team possible to be playing. Given the performance against Sweden, it is clear we need some experience at the back. There is no more experienced centre half playing the game, so why not? Weir has hardly missed any games in his time at Ibrox, despite his years so I am quite happy for him to play. I am sure that if Weir felt that playing for Scotland was adversely impacting his ability to play for Rangers, he would quit.
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Agreed. To clarify, whatever reprimand imposed should be proportionate to the incident, and the player's conduct history. I don't think dropping or fining him is necessary on this occassion. However, should it happen again, I would be less relaxed about it. ETA - I should also clarify that I wasn't suggesting he shouldn't be punished merely because he might not like it, only that we should be careful about handing out punishments that are disproportionate, or not in keeping with common practice.
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Say we fine and drop McGregor and he says that he has had enough and is offski. Either we retain an unhappy who is potentially a disruptive influence on the rest of the squad; or, he forces the club to sell him with a high chance we get a fee which is below his true market value. I'm not sure there would be many fans who would be so keen on a moral code then.
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Walter will not shirk from taking action if he deems it appropriate. He showed that with the Boozegate scandal, quickly shaming the SFA into taking action (albeit, disproportionately). Judging from Smith's inverview with ChicYoung after the game, he was trying to downplay the incident as "one of those things" (or similar), so I think dropping him would also be disproportionate. Yes, it was embarrassing to see one of our players act in that way so I'm sure one of the management team will have a word in his shell-like, and hopefully we will not see him do it again. If it does then fair warning will have been given, and he needs to deal with the consequences so drop him, fine him, whatever, in line with the club's disciplinary code. The club needs to tread very carefully in upholding moral standards which are far higher than those of our rivals. If we start fining and dropping players for things which happen in the heat of the moment, and which happen in most leagues and in most countries, we run the risk of not pissing them off, making them more likely to fall out with the management team and ultimately leave the club.
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Boydy just got his first goal for Boro. Typical clinical finish
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulises_de_la_Cruz 32 appearances for Hibs in 2001/02 Born in Piquiucho, a small village in the Valle del Chota, one of Ecuador’s poorest regions, De la Cruz set up the charity Friends of FundeCruz to fund a number of projects serving the local community, to which he donates about 10% of his salary.[14] Friends of FundeCruz is also a British registered charity.[15] At one of the Reading matches, fans were asked to donate money to his fund and he raised a few thousand pounds. Money will also be raised at the Ruta del Sol in February 2008.[16] The foundation funds amongst other things a water treatment plant, a health centre and a sports ground. He has been named a UNICEF ambassador.
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De La Cruz, was he not playing in Scotland for a bit?
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Stick me down for another and I'll try to make amends. Need to stick a reminder on my phone so I dont forget next time!
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Croatia is a non-EU country. Therefore Jelavic requires a work permit.
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Delusion feeds paranoia feeds delusion.
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Strange one. Everyone seems positive that taking a punt on Barazite would be no bad thing. Then we get this!